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[[File:{{Infobox wagon|image = BR_906830_20150701.jpg|caption = BR Flat ED B 906830|construc = BR Shildon|thumbstatus = Operational|300pxwagno = B 906830|rightothernos = |Flat designed = |diagram = 2/072|lot = 3123|wagtype = 4 wheel flat wagon|capacity = 12 tons|telcode = FLAT ED BR 906830]]|topscode =XDV|brakes = Vac fitted|built = 1958|years1 = 1975|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = }}Special Flat Wagon B 906830 (telegraph type Flat "FLAT ED") was built at Shildon in 1958. These The 4-wheeled Flat ED was the smallest of the 6 types of BR Flat wagons were intended to transport large bulky loadswith a capacity of just 12 tons, and was similar in appearance to the former LMS Deal truck. A total of 32 were equipped with a flat timber floor and chaining down ringsbuilt.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Rowland (1996)]] pp. 116, App. 4.</ref>

The SVR’s 3 Flat ED wagons, [[BR 906811 Flat ED|906811]], [[BR 906825 Flat ED|906825]] and 906830, were bought from BR by Universal Pictures and arrived on the SVR in July 1975, being used as mock carriages in the film [[The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]]. The Flat ED wagons are owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]].<ref>Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>  The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey suggests that the SVR’s three Flat EDs are the only surviving examples of the 32 originally built.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> A more detailed history of the three wagons may be found under [[BR 906811 Flat ED|906811]].

Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br>Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition<brreferences />

*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=8146 906830 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line][[Category: Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]]<br>